Tithing

I’ve read this befuddling statement in a number of books, so I thought I’d respond to it:

Statement read something like: “We should get rid of the concept of tithing and only then will the floodgates of generosity open.”

Issues I have with this:

1.If everyone tithed there would be a lot more good work being done in the world
2.Tithing is a minimum amount you can always give freewill offerings if you feel led
3.I honestly doubt the motives of the people expressing these vantage points. Are they really giving a lot more than if they tithed?

It just smells fishy to say that tithing restricts generosity when the average American Christian gives 2-3% of income.

Tithing

 “That assumes that ten percent is a sacrosanct* thing.  Tithing is a middle class way of robbing God.  Tithing ten percent is a place to start and then every person who earns money should be dreaming how much more, how much more can I give to Christ, the cause of the outreached peoples, and the advancing of justice and the feeding of the poor and the educating of the uneducated.  My whole life should be dedicated to others.  Live simple and give more away.  If a councilor says tithe and then put millions away into your 401k that is not a Christian way of thinking ... "


* sacrosanct - Regarded as sacred and inviolable. (dictionary.com)